Improvement in clothes-driers



L. M. WHITMAN.

Improvement in Clothes-Briers.

N0. 114,630, Patented May9,187!.

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LORIN M. WHITMAN, OF STERLING,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR. TO HIMSELF AND TAYLOR WILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 114.630, dated May 9, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern L Be it known that I, Loam M. WHITMAN, of Sterling, in the'county of Whiteside and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Racks; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon makin'g'a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consist-s' in the construction and arrangement of a clothes-rack, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to make and use the same,

I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my clothes-rack, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of the-hinge used for the swingingwings. I

A A represent two sills or feet, of suitable dimensions, resting upon casters a a--that is, a casterunder each end of' each sill. I

Upon eachsill are two upright bars, B and O.

The bar B is stationary, while the bar 0 is provided .at its lower end 'with a tenon inserted in a hole on the sill so that it can turn, the upper ends of the two bars The two bars B B are connected by means of a series of rounds E E, which form the clothes-bars. I

Each bar .0 is, by similar rounds E E, connected with another upright bar, G, provided at itslower end with a caster, a.

Thus each bar 0, with its rounds E and bar G,

forms a swinging wing to the main part of the olothes rack, which wings may be thrown out or folded up, as occasion may require. v

Upon each of the rounds E is hingedan oval frame, H, and all of said frames are connected by a rod, I, by means of which they are turned so as to make more places to hang clothes on.

These frames H H need not necessarily be oval; they may be square or other suitable shape.

They are held at any angle desired by a hook, d, attached to the top round E, and hooking into eyes on the rod or bar I. v

A clothes-rack thus constructed can be easily moved from one place to anothenand may be arranged in various positions so as to use any number of rounds that may be necessary.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-.

ters Patent, is

1. A clothes-rack composed of the sills A A having casters (0 a, the bars B B, and rounds E E, in combination with the swinging wings composed of the bars 0 G and rounds E E, with the connecting-bars D I), all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The frames H H and rod I, in combination with the rounds of a clothes-rack, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

.3. The combination of the clothes-rack A B E, wings O G E, and. frames H with rod I, all constructed and arranged substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have herenntoset my hand this 21stday of March, 1871.

LORIN M. \VHITMAN.

Witnesses":

J. B. MYERS, D. P. Jones. 

